The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1887-07-22
WEST N SOUTH.

WEST AND SOUTH.
Governor Ogiesby has proclaimed uuarsn.
tine IN the district Of Chicago.
Asevefe hailstofm occurred near Yankton
on Wednesday doing considerable damage to
esops.
The Ttmes-Democrat prints an account Of
the discovery Of ollnear Macogdoches, Tcxas,
woere six wells have been bored.
Archie Martin, colored, who murdered
Henry McNeill' eoloted. At Rockingham, N.
c.. last Nay, was hanged Tuesday.
&c. Kennedy, a lawyer aud real estate
agent, was assassinsted ON the street by q
laborer named Daily on Wednesday evening.
John Short and James Huckiski were fatally
injured BY the explosion Of the boiler In the
Excelsior mine at Oskaloosa, Iowa, on Fri.
day.
Fire at the Peiser cotton factory near
Greenvtlle. South Carolina. destroyed 10000
bales Of cotton. Loss 100000; fully in
sured.
Chas. Keeling, an indicted boodler con.
tractor, Of Chicago, was given up by his bonds
men Tuesday night. It is understood he de.
cided to plead guilty.
Ammi Baldwin, late cashier Of the Fidelity
National bank, was surrendered by one of his
bondsmen Friday, but another surety was sc.
cured and he did not have to go to jail.
John Fitzgerald, Of Lincoln, Nebraska,
cabled Psrnell that Father O'Reilly, treasurer
OF the Land league, RENTED $4,000 on Sat.
urday to help the evicted tenants In Ireland.
Phillip Zeigler, living with his mother in
Cincinnati, died in greatagony Tuesday night
from the effects Of a dose of cal bolic acid. ad.
mtnistered by his1nother In mistake for medi-
cine.
Yankton, Dakota, was visited ON Monday
night by q violent thunder and rain storm.
Lightning struck several different places
within two hours, without doing any extern
sive damage.
Judge Croft Tuesday morning overruledthe
motion for q new trial for Chas. volmer,
who was recently found guilty of mutdsr in
the second degree for killing Dennis Quinlan
at Omaha.
Saturday night as Sheriff Winans was bring.
Ing back Hawkins, the notorious cattle thief
from Anamosa, to Mason City, Iowa, as the
train was pulling into Nora junction he
broke away, and escaped.
Herman Abretch, a clerk In 8. Z. Morsc's
dry good store at Omaha, was arrested Tues
day for embexslement and grand larceny. He
has been working the cash drawer and carry
ing of various fancy articles.
A Red Oak, Iowa, special says the jury in
the case of DR.. Cross, accused of the murder
OF DR.. McCune at Council Bluffs four wears
ago, returned a verdict Of acquittal at $3.50
Friday morning.
The jury in.the Jenny Carroll case returned
a verdict Of guilty and fixed the punishment
at twelve years in the pcnitcntiary. Carroll
is the last of the celebrated Farmers, and
Mechanics' bank robbers to be punished.
Thursday nights hail destroyed much
wheat in the vicinity of Columbia, Dakotr,
the damage being $4,000. The rain was ile
s%everest in years. Lightning killed several
head Of stock and struck the courthouse in
Columbia. The flames were extinguished by
the rain.
At Huntsville, Alabama, when Tim Andcr-
son, colored, assistant TAILOR, went into the
cell of Reed Townsend to carry himhis break.
fast, Townsend sprang to the door, secured
the iron bar used as fastener and beat Tins
head into a jelly. The convict had a grudge
against the keeper.
Erik Ktttleson. a farmer near Canton. No.
kota, attacked James Delve, an old man
whose farm adioins Kittleson'e, beating him
over the head with a club, nearly killing him.
The offense was the old man pursuing a horse
that had escaped. across the field of the Other.
F. NJ. Fountlery, one of the attorney for
Hugh NJ. Brooks, alias Maxwell, now de-,
sentence to be hanged August % for the
murder Of g. Arthur Preller, stated on Frida,
he would make no further effort to save his
client. He has concluded not to carry the
case to the federal supreme court.
The state assembly Knights of Labor at
Boone, Iowa, reduced the per capita tax, also
the master workman's salary to 5000. Wright,
of Oskaloosa, was elected master workman.
Perry, OF Oskaloosa, state secretary. In the
evening speeches were delivered at the opera
house by Messrs. Todd, Wheat, Robb and
others.
A Huron, Dakota, spectator Thursday said:
A hot south wind, with a velocity of thirty
miles an our has been blowing since 10
O'Clock this morning. II It continues twenty.
four hours more the crops and grass will lie
greatly damaged. The wind was so hot this
afternoon that people were compelled to re.
main within doors. The Thermometer stood
at 100 at o'clock.
very severe windstorm visited the sastern
part of Union county, Dakota, Sunday night.
At volin's sizing 1t was particularly severe.
Several buildings belonging to E. Violin were
demolished, his barn was blown to pieces and
a horse tied In the barn was killed. Other
farmers were like sufferers. The wind was u
straight blow from the west.
Commissioner Abbey, of the live stock
sanitary commission, stated in regard to the
reported Texas fever outbreak in the vicinity
Of Tekemah, that three post mortem examina.
tions by the commissioner and state vctcrinar.
ian established the fact beyond a doubt tina,
the disease by which many cattle in Burt
county are dying is Texas fever.
Aspecial from Jefferson City says the state
supreme court in the case of Brooks, alias
Maxwell, condemned for the murder of Ar.
thur Preller and sentenced to be hanged Au.
gust II, Thursday overruled the motion for a
rehearine. Reprieve was granted the defend-
ant until August 90. The defense will make
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